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  2. Discectomy - Wikipedia

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    A discectomy (also called open discectomy, if done through a 1/2 inch or larger skin opening) is the surgical removal of abnormal disc material that presses on a nerve root or the spinal cord. The procedure involves removing a portion of an intervertebral disc , which causes pain, weakness or numbness by stressing the spinal cord or radiating ...

  3. Failed back syndrome - Wikipedia

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    A report from Belgium noted that patients reportedly return to work an average of 12 to 16 weeks after surgery for lumbar disc herniation. However, there are studies that lend credence to the value of an earlier stimulation for return to work and performance of normal activities after a limited discectomy. At follow-up assessment, it was found ...

  4. Spinal fusion - Wikipedia

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    Spinal fusion, also called spondylodesis or spondylosyndesis, is a surgery performed by orthopaedic surgeons or neurosurgeons that joins two or more vertebrae. [1] This procedure can be performed at any level in the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, or sacral) and prevents any movement between the fused vertebrae.

  5. What's a microdiscectomy, the procedure Christian ... - AOL

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  6. Tiger Woods to miss at least a month due to microdiscectomy - AOL

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  7. Joanna Gaines back home after undergoing surgery for back ...

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    Joanna Gaines is recovering from back surgery.. The Fixer Upper: Welcome Home star, 44, revealed that she underwent a microdisectomy, a surgical procedure to treat a herniated disc in the spine ...

  8. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion - Wikipedia

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    Bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP) should not be routinely used in any type of anterior cervical spine fusion, such as with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. [2] [3] There are reports of this therapy causing swelling of soft tissue which in turn can cause life-threatening complications due to difficulty swallowing and pressure on the respiratory tract.

  9. Tiger Woods advised former PGA Tour’s rookie of the ... - AOL

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    The five-time Masters champion played a practice round Monday with Will Zalatoris, who withdrew last year to undergo a microdiscectomy, […] The post Tiger Woods advised former PGA Tour’s ...